DURHAM, N.H. - Brett Hemingway (Surrey, B.C.) and
Daniel Winnik (Mississauga, Ontario) both recorded a
goal and an assist to lead the ninth-ranked University
of New Hampshire men's hockey team to Saturday night's
4-1 Hockey East victory against University of
Massachusetts-Lowell at the Whittemore Center.

UNH improved to 9-6-3 overall and 7-3-2 by capturing
the season series from the River Hawks, 2-1. UML is
now 4-10-0, 3-7-0.

With the score tied 1-1 through two periods, the duo
of Hemingway and Winnik combined to produce a pair of
goals 3:32 apart to give the Wildcats a 3-1 lead.
Hemingway struck first, at 4:08, when Winnik won the
puck in the left corner and skated to the front of the
net, where Hemingway picked up the loose puck and
scored. Hemingway set up the next tally by blocking
the puck at the left point, skating through the
neutral zone and firing a cross-ice pass that Winnik
converted into a shorthanded goal with a wrist shot at
7:40.

Matt Fornataro (Calgary, Alberta) scored on a low
shot from the left circle to increase the lead to 4-1
at 14:57. Josh Ciocco (Atco, N.J.), with a pass
through the neutral zone to Fornataro, and Joe
Charlebois (Potsdam, N.Y.) were credited with assists.

The River Hawks began the second period with 43
seconds remaining on a power play and took advantage
of that opportunity with an Andrew Martin goal 19
seconds into the stanza to take a 1-0 lead. Jason
Tejchma and Cleve Kinley were credited with assists.

UNH tied the score, 1-1, at 7:43 of the second period
when Thomas Fortney (Webster Groves, Mo.) netted a
goal on a low shot from the left circle. Trevor Smith
(North Vancouver, British Columbia) set up the tally
with a pass from the left point.

In a scoreless first period, UNH recorded a 19-8 shot
advantage and was 0-for-2 on the power play.

New Hampshire breaks for exams and the holidays
before resuming the season Dec. 30 at home against
Niagara University. Game time at the Whittemore Center
is 7 p.m.